Hair waver



D. P. GLEASON HAIR WAVER Filed Sept. 20. 1924 gwvenloi 00m P GLEASOM @JWW Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES DORA IP. GLEASON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filed September 20, 1924. Serial No. 738,792.

An object of my invention is to provide a hair waver that may be expeditiously applied and removed and that will not catch in the hair when being applied or removed therefrom.

Another object of my invention is to provide a simple and eflicient device for the purposes stated. 1

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein, and disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hair waver embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the method of using a hair waver embodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view ofa device embodying my invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The device of my invention comprises a comb 10 and a comb 11, each provided with an outwardly projecting handle 12 and 13 respectively, and with overlapping lugs 14 and 15, that are held in pivotal engagement upon one another by a pin or pivot 16. The handles are each provided with oil-set lugs 17 and 18 that engage one another and limit the movement of the combs 10 and 11 about the pivot 16, and with abutments 19 and 20, in the nature of comb teeth that engage and limit movement of the combs about the pivot 16 in an opposite direction. The abutments 19 and 20 also serve as a means for grasping or clamping the hair for holding the hair waver in position. A spring 21 is carried by the handles 12 and 13, and is so positioned that it normally and yieldingly retains the abutments 19 and 20 in engagement upon one another.

In practice, a plurality of hair wavers are positioned in the hair in the manner disclosed in Fig. 2, the plurality of wavers together co-operating to develop the hair into a series of waves. By positioning the spring outwardly from the pivot 16, it is possible .to dispose the center of weight or stability of the hair waver at or about a line extending longitudinally of the combs, said line being disposed substantially in the backs 22 and 23 of the combs. This tends to somewhat unbalance the comb when applied, and causes the free ends 24 of the comb teeth to raise away from the scalp, thereby attaining a double wave effect in the hair when the wavers are removed. The spring 21 causes the abutting edges 19 and 20 to engage the hair as previously explained, and to hold the combs in position. When applying or removing the hair waver, the combs are moved about the pivot 16 by grasping the handles 12 and 13 between the fingers and moving the handles toward one another against the yielding resistance of the spring 21. The engagement of the lugs 17 and 18 limits the extent to which the combs may be moved in this wise, and thereby precludes damage or injury being done to the comb and the spring. The overlapping lugs 14 and 15 provide a substantial mounting of the combs one upon the other, thereby precludmg the waver combs from becoming wabbly and serving to retain the abutments 19 and 20, and the lugs 17 and 18 in corresponding planes, thereby precluding misalignment of said members.

The abutting teeth 19 and 20 may be placed in a common plane for effecting abutment one upon the other, in any suitable manner, for example, by slightly bending said teeth.

What I claim is:

1. In a hair waver the combination of a palr of combs, each comb being provided with a lug at its end, the lugs overlapping and being hinged one upon the other, each comb having a second lug and an abutment edge, the second mentioned lugs lying in the same plane for engagement upon one another, for limiting movement of the combs about the pivot in one direction, and the abutments likewise lying in a common plane for llmiting movement of the combs about the p vot in an opposite direction, and a spring yieldingly retaining the abutments in engagement upon one another.

2. In a hair waver the combination of a pair of combs, each comb being provided with a lug at its end, the lugs overlapping and being hinged one upon the other, each comb having a second lug and an abutment edge, the second mentioned lugs lying in the same plane for engagement upon one another, for limiting movement of the combs about the pivot in one direction, and the abutments likewise lying in a common plane for limiting movement of the combs about the pivot in an opposite direction, the abutments being adapted to engage the hair, and a spring for yieldingly retaining the abutments in engagement upon one another, the pivot, the abutments and the spring being 3. In a hair waver, the combination of a pan or combs substant1ally identical-in struc-'- ture, each comb having a lug adapted to overlap a similar lug on the other comb, pivot extending through the lugs and pivotally securing the combs upon one another at their ends, whereby the combs extend substantially in opposite directions away-from the pivot, eachcomb having an abutment upon one oi its teeth-torengagement upon the similarabutment of theother comb, and a spring disposed outwardly of the back of the combs engaging each of the combs and yield ingly retaining' the abutments upon one another.

l, in a hair waver, the'combination of a pair of combs substantially identical in structure, each comb havinga lug adapted-to overlap a similarlug on the other comb, a pivoteXtei'i d-ing through thelugs and pivota'l'lysecuring the-combs upon one another at their ends, whereby the combs extend substantially in opposite directions away from the pivot, each combhavingan abutment upon one of itsteeth for engagement. upon the similar abutment ol the other comb, and a spring disposed outwardly of the back of the combs engaging each of the combs and yieldingly retaining the abutments upon one another, the abutments, the pivotand the spring-being-substantially aligned, the pivot being intermediate the spring and the abutments.

5; In a hairwaver, the-combination of a pair of combs substantially identical in structure, each comb having alug adapted to overlap asimilarlug on the other comb, a pivot extending through the lugs and pivotallysecuring the combs upon one another at their ends, iwhereby the combs extend substantially in-o-pposite directions away from the pivot, each comb having an abutment upon one of its teeth for engagement upon thesimilar abutment of the other comb, and

weaves a'spring disposed outwardly of'the back of the combs engaging each of=-the combs and yieldingly retaining the abutments upon one beingintermediate the spring and the abutments, each comb being provided with a second lug for engagement upon the similar lug on the other comb and limiting the movement of the comb in-one direction about the pivot, the-abutments on the oombs'being adapted to limit the movement of thecombs in-anopposite direction about the pivot.

6. In a hair waver, the combination of apair of combs substantially identical in structure, each comb having a ing-adapted to overlap a similar lug on the other'comb; a pivot extending through the lugs and pivotally securing the combs uponone another at their ends, whereby the combs extend substantially in opposite directions away from the pivot, each comb havingaan abutment upon' one of its teeth for engagement upon the similar abutment of the other comb, and a spring disposed outwardly of the baclcof the combs engaging each of the'combs and yieldingly retaining? the I abutments 1 upon one-another, the abutments, the pivot-and the spring being substantially aligned, the piVOt being intermediatethe spring and the abutments, eachcombbeing provided with a second lug for engagement upon the similarlug on the other oomb 'and limiting,the-movement of the comb in one direction about the pivot, the abutments on the combs" being adapted to limit the movement o'f the combs in an'opposite direction about the pivot, and a handle oarried byeach comb, disposed adjacent the-first mentioned lugs on the comb, and extending fromthe backs diametrically opposite to the teeth of the combs.

-In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed-my name this 17th day otSeptember, 1924. 0

- DORA "'PJ GLEASON. 

